New Book: "Flor y ciencia"
Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?
there's a new anthology by female Hispanic scientists and engineers!
Posted by Zuska at 4:23 PM • 3 Comments •
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Zuska is the kick-ass alter-ego of Suzanne E Franks. When not dispensing Zuska's wisdom, Suzanne can often be found gardening, reading, or having one of her thrice-weekly migraines.
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The place where I come from...is a small town. Coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains
You will be wanting to read my excellent essay, 'Suzy the Computer' vs. 'Dr. Sexy': What's a Geek Girl to Do When She Wants to Get Laid? in She's Such a Geek! Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff.
If you have not yet figured out why you shoud not be using terms like "hard science" and "soft skills", then you absolutely need to read Telling Stories About Engineering: Group Dynamics and Resistance to Diversity in NWSA Journal v. 16 No. 1, 2004 (Re)Gendering Science Fields.
You should also read They Blinded Me With Science: Misuse and Misunderstanding of Biological Theory, an excellent critique of Thornhill and Palmer's nonsense about rape as an evolutionary strategy. You can find it in Burack and Josephson's must-read tome, Fundamental Differences: Feminists Talk Back to Social Conservatives.
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January 31, 2007
What's a Feminist Theory of Science, Anyway?
Category: Basic Concepts
Aren't feminists those hairy-armpit man-hating humorless dykes?
Posted by Zuska at 3:37 PM • 40 Comments •
January 29, 2007
Joy of Science - Books
Category: Joy of Science
See Bill Hooker's comment about finding books for the course here. Bill's comment got held up a day or so in junk comments because of all the links in it. Sorry, Bill! But this would be helpful for anyone trying...
Posted by Zuska at 1:26 PM • 0 Comments •
Distinguished Schmuck Visits, Misbehaves
Category: Daily Struggles
Let gender bias incidents make men uncomfortable, let it be something they have to deal with.
Posted by Zuska at 12:54 PM • 44 Comments •
Joy of Science Course Update
Category: Joy of Science
the course will now start on Monday, Feb. 12!!
Posted by Zuska at 8:41 AM • 1 Comments •
Sci Fi Guys and Stereotypes, Again
Category: Isn't It Ironic?
So, I have insomnia. I'm catching up on some blog reading. I come across this courtesy of Asymptotia. It's one of those quizzes; this one is "Which Science Fiction Writer Are you?" It's fun, it's harmless, more or less; I...
Posted by Zuska at 7:42 AM • 6 Comments •
January 26, 2007
The Joy of Science
Category: Joy of Science
This course explores the existence of pleasure, intellectual excitement, and desire as an important component of theorizing and doing science and engineering.
Posted by Zuska at 4:01 PM • 14 Comments •
January 25, 2007
"Conversations About The Tribe"
Category: Conference Report
Dr. Free-Ride has graciously put the slides from her talk at the Science Blogging Conference on the conference wiki, so I'm thinking I can go ahead and blog about the stuff I thought I couldn't blog about in my earlier...
Posted by Zuska at 2:42 PM • 10 Comments •
January 24, 2007
Scientists and the Public - What's Our Responsibility?
Category: Conference Report
Well, I would argue that good science blogging is NOT just "my opinion...
Posted by Zuska at 7:29 PM • 4 Comments •
Because It's Silly
Category: Conference Report
Bora taking a picture of Dr. Free-Ride taking a picture of Bora...
Posted by Zuska at 5:23 PM • 1 Comments •
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